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![[View from Pratt Avenue by night]](umhpics/housenight2.jpg)
The porch and front portion of the house date from 1888.
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![[Conversation by the water cooler]](umhpics/porchtalk.jpg)
The porch with its wicker furniture is at the very centre
of Chautauqua life. |
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![[Earth-moving machinery and bricks]](umhpics/bulldozer.jpg)
New landscaping for the 2010 season connects the front of the
House to the Institution's red brick walks
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![[Young people scrubbing furniture]](umhpics/cleanup.jpg)
Members of the Kenmore United Methodist Church youth group
helped with pre-season cleanup, June 2010 |
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![[Looking past congregation to front of chapel]](umhpics/inchapel.jpg)
Everyone is welcome at the chapel service each Sunday morning during
the summer season.
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![[Singing from music stand]](umhpics/juanita.jpg)
Juanita Jackson sings at a Sunday chapel service; Janet Fitts
is at the organ. |
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![[UM banner visible on the side wall]](umhpics/afterchapel.jpg)
Fellowship begins in the chapel after the Sunday 9:30 a.m. service.
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![[Crowded, some sitting, some standing]](umhpics/upperporch.jpg)
The upper porch is used for conversation and sometimes
mealtimes by week-long residents of the house. |
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![[Mother and daughter]](umhpics/newgenerations.jpg)
New generations are among the summer season visitors at the House.
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![[Trio sitting on the porch sofa]](umhpics/minnagh.jpg)
Lois Minnagh, right, has been a supporter of the House for decades
and formerly served on the board. |
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![[Familiar faces by the front door]](umhpics/porchtalk2.jpg)
Old friends meet every summer on the porch . . . and newcomers
quickly become old friends.
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![[Four people around a card table]](umhpics/dominoes.jpg)
If there's ever a pause in the Chautauqua program, the porch
is a good place for games. |
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![[Posing around the punch bowl]](umhpics/porchladies.jpg)
Groups from UM churches in New York and Pennsylvania
host the Tuesday social hours.
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![[Fists pumping, energetic delivery]](umhpics/womack.jpg)
Rev. Paul Womack of Chautauqua's Hurlbut Memorial Community
Church speaks in the House's chapel. |
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![[Young trumpeter with full cheeks]](umhpics/trumpet.jpg)
Music at the house: Michael Christie performs at a chapel service, August 2009
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![[Banjo player]](umhpics/strummer.jpg)
More music: one of the Summer Strummers performs at the
UM House annual meeting, July 2009 |
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![[Bright inside, dark through the windows]](umhpics/parlor.jpg)
In cool or wet weather the parlor is the place for conversation.
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![[In the background, Maranatha House across the street]](umhpics/porchtalk3.jpg)
Karen Douds, the UM House hostess (center), welcomes friends
to the porch. |